Marc Davison, who is a very smart guy, has a post up on how to kick ass. True rock stars bring something different to the table. It’s why they rise to the top and stay there. They have a their own look. Their own special feel. It’s that difference that cut Zeppelin apart from Sabbath. … Read more
Marc Davison, who is a very smart guy, has a post up on how to kick ass. True rock stars bring something different to the table. It’s why they rise to the top and stay there. They have a their own look. Their own special feel. It’s that difference that cut Zeppelin apart from Sabbath. … Read more
There’s a bit of buzz building out there in the RE.web about a new… company? nonprofit organization? called MoveSmart.org. It’s a website that is looking launch in Q3 of 2008, and I gather that they are doing fundraisers and lining up corporate sponsors and such. From the MoveSmart.org website itself we get the following description. … Read more
I know this is probably old news by now, but I confess that I just found out about it myself. Apparently, the real estate industry has a new standard data format for the distribution of real estate listings online. Seems the boys at Yahoo!, Zillow.com, and Trulia.com have gotten together and worked out a new … Read more
Doing some market research, I ran across a curious problem. Apparently, no one knows how many homes are available for sale in the U.S. at any given time. Realtor.com — the closest thing we have to a national real estate website — claims “Over 3 million new, existing, and rental properties listed by Realtors” right … Read more
From the Victoria BC Real Estate Blog comes this shocking story about Lindsay Buziak, a 24-year old real estate agent who was found dead, murdered, in a vacant house she was presumably showing. Her website shows a picture of a beautiful young woman in the flower of her youth. It’s such a tragedy. And Tim … Read more
Seth Godin has one of his signature short posts that provoke a lot of thought on the three levers of marketing. He believes that the three levers are Fear, Hope, and Love: The TSA is in the fear business. Every time they get you take off your shoes, they’re using fear (of the unknown or … Read more
I can’t believe I hadn’t seen this before. The comments are really enlightening as well. Read the whole thing. Now to turn to the question itself: Does sex actually help you sell in real estate? The short answer is No. The long overly involved answer is “No, but… it certainly gets you noticed”, and … Read more